MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Slight Sales Increase, Profits DeclineNew York, NY/ 11/15/04Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported overall book division sales rose 1.7% to $1.04 billion for the third quarter ending October 30. But...
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BAM Reports Small Sales Gain In Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition BAM Reports Small Sales Gain In Third Quarter11/18/04Books-A-Million ended the third quarter October 30 with a slight net sales increase of 1.8% to $104.3 million. Net losses grew to $1.1 million this period, compared...
Borders SuperStore Sales Drop 1.6% for Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Borders SuperStore Sales Drop 1.6% for Third Quarter11/17/04Borders Group reported a 1.6% decline in same store superstore sales for the third quarter, and Walden's same-store sales declined 4.1 %. Overall, however,...
Independent Wholesaler Booksource to Close Distribution Facility
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Independent Wholesaler Booksource to Close Distribution FacilityST. LOUIS, MO./11/18/04The Booksource, thirty-year-old book wholesaler serving retail book stores in the St.Louis area, will close its retail distribution...
Authors Criticize Publish America’s Prices and Policies
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Authors Criticize Publish America's Prices and PoliciesNEW YORK, NY/11/17/04An article by Publishers Weekly November 16 revealed a number of author complaints against Publish America, which many consider to be a vanity...
Blackwell’s May Sell Retail Book Stores, As Competition Mounts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Blackwell's May Sell Retail Book Stores, As Competition MountsOXFORD, ENGLAND/11/19/04Blackwell Ltd. is considering the sale of all or some of its 61 bookstores in the U.K., according to an article November 19 by...
December 1-15, 2004
Publishing News General News December 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Tangled Hearts Author Helps Promote Adoption DALLAS, TX/08/13/04Child advocate and author Patti Lynn Bongiorno, who gained national attention with a series of books she wrote for the children...
Ballantine and Random House Sign Four-Book Contract With Gail Godwin
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Ballantine and Random House Sign Four-Book Contract With Gail Godwin11/08/04Ballantine Books and Random House have acquired world rights to two novels and two nonfiction books on writing by bestselling author Gail...
2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Awards Seeks Entries From Publishers, Agents
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Awards Seeks Entries From Publishers, AgentsNEW YORK, NY/11/04/04PEN/Beyond Margins Awards invites submissions of booklength writings by authors of color, published in the United States during...
Labor Department Upholds WGAw Election Results
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Labor Department Upholds WGAw Election Results 11/03/04Dan Petrie Jr. will be seated as the new president of Writers Guild of America West (WGAw), following an election battle which was decided today by The Department...
